Canadian watches *THE MATRIX (1999)* and thinks he is NEO...

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0:00 - Intro
2:14 - Reaction
45:53 - Review

[@redmatter]

In between Matrix 1 and 2 they released a special feature called The Animatrix, a collection of five or six anime shorts that explains how the machines came into existence and how the war started. It’s actually really good and each of the shorts was done by a well known anime director at the time. If given a choice between that and Matrix 4 I’d watch The Animatrix.

[@radwolf76]

Prior to going into Reloaded, I strongly recommend the Animatrix.

[@AWSVids]

Weird thing about the "cliffhanger" ending is that nothing really comes of it in the sequels. It's supposed to be Neo "showing these people what (the Matrix) doesn't want them to see", which is meant to imply that when he flies and they see it, it will make them aware of the Matrix's fake "rules" and cause a system crash, which is what the "system failure" alert is meant to be about. Presumably, this means everybody wakes up because the Matrix crashes, all because Neo broke the rules in front of everyone. It's a thematic symbol for political demonstrations by individuals leading to revolutions that break systems of control. That's the implied ending of the story, when this movie was intended to just be a standalone film. But then it became successful and the studios wanted sequels, so they had to kinda just ignore that implied ending. In the sequels, Neo can just "do his Superman thing" and nobody seems to notice... or if they do, it's not a problem at all. No system crash happened. To be honest, this is probably more accurate to reality in a symbolic way, because in reality, most people do just ignore dramatic examples of inconvenient truths... but it is a strange inconsistency in the narrative between movies. The sequels making it so that Neo flying around doesn't mean anything, renders his whole threat against the Matrix to "show these people what you don't want them to see" kinda meaningless. Just one of the ways that the sequels ain't as good.

[@matthewford5094]

They were the Wachowski brothers at the time of the first movie, they have both since transitioned, so you were correct that they are now known as the Wachowski sisters, or to avoid confusion just the Wachowskis.

[@nicks.5552]

Men can’t be women, and women can’t be men. Go ahead and delete this comment, but truth is still truth no matter how much you lie.

[@renx81]

But are you not supposed to "dead name" or something? Hard to keep up with these increasingly totalitarian rules.

[@wrdreacts4247]

Switch's death gets me every time....😢 "Not like this, not like this." 😢😢 I quote it often.

[@CristianMeyo820]

Happy 25Th Anniversary Of The Matrix (1999)

[@nicks.5552]

Men can’t be women, and women can’t be men. Go ahead and delete this comment, but truth is still truth no matter how much you lie.

[@jxchamb]

Saw this in the theater opening weekend. Blew my dang mind.

[@sarcasticstartrek7719]

35:53 the lobby scene - so fun fact, the guns here are such dedicated actors, they spent weeks re-enacting this sequence - hoping that a man and woman dressed in trench coats would enter and start acting. After over 500 takes, the guns got lucky - when Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Ann Moss were strolling through the Warner Brothers lot one lunch time and got lost and wondered onto set. Also fun fact - the guns did not use blanks - that's a real Keanu Reeves in every shot. Over 3,800 extras were lost during the production of this scene.

[@david4883]

I was really hoping for some Morpheus glasses on Huxley in the opening but this was good too 🤣

[@ajlynch123]

Saw this in theaters in 9th grade back in 1999. I had no clue what I was about to see. It’s in my top 3 greatest movie theater experiences of all time.

[@jerodast]

I considered stopping this video before it started when you said "a long time ago" was 6 years :P There is a high chance the phrase "you have to see it for yourself" is in your linguistic consciousness BECAUSE of this movie

[@renx81]

6 years is a long time for a 22-year-old.

[@607995]

with DS9 and now the Matrix, youve covered both my favorite tv show and movie. live long and prosper, ollie.

[@tteros5998]

The Wachowski's hadn't transitioned when they made this movie. It wasn't till years later that they became known as the Wachowski sisters, but even still, only one of them was involved in the most recent sequel, so they don't seem to have the same film-making sibling partnership they once did.

[@jamesknight3070]

Imagine being my age and seeing this movie after TNG and DS9! XD

[@ross8884]

My favourite reactor and my favourite all time film! together at last

[@MusicHandsAbrupt]

It was so cute when you comforted your belly button. 😂😂

[@dracomaster4]

Also, this and Tremors are probably the two movies I could quote in my sleep. I can quote many others as well, just not in my sleep.

[@cynfan]

When this came out, we still had dial up internet, so using the phone to get out made sense. At least to me. The Matrix, irl, is actually a theory from the 60's. I thought it started with this movie. There's video's all over about it. Also, the only thing I don't like about this movie is "deja vu". That wasn't deja vu. Deja vu is a feeling, not an experience and certainly not immediate.

[@little_forest]

omg, only with this reaction I found out..... you're Canadian?! ;) And I had to chuckle when you said, that the Warner guys "green lit" the movie... they literally did, at least the matrix parts ;)

[@sarcasticstartrek7719]

24:00 I always wonder if there's a joke here. Cypher says he wants to go back into the Matrix and be "someone important. An actor." And Smith refers to him as Mr Reagan. I wonder if if was President Reagan - an actor and, well, president.

[@sarcasticstartrek7719]

I don't know about the Wachowskis filming the first scene first - but they did storyboard nearly every shot, for the executives to "get" some of what they were talking about.

[@cashflowhustles]

I LOVE The Whole Matrix Trilogy. Although some people don't like the two sequels I LOVE them and have watched multiple times.

[@dracomaster4]

Remember the surveillance screens for the sequels.

[@elbubsio4947]

Hi Ollie, You were right about the Wachowskis. They're both Transgender but hadn't transitioned at that point.

[@leannerose6181]

Ollie,the Wachowski's transitioned after they made the first Matrix movie

[@bmatt2626]

We live in a pay-to-play strategy game with rigged loot boxes.

[@cyberneticbutterfly8506]

I always laugh at Morpheus' explanation, from the perspective of scientific literacy. -Humans store and use energy from the energy stored in chemical bonds in the body. -We gain that energy from the chemical energy in the food we eat. -The chemical energy in plants originate from photosynthesis. -There is loss of energy in each step in this cycle. -So we'd need even more *solar energy* to make a humans produce energy from body heat and electricity. The machines can use any energy source that let humans live more efficiently at its source. Since the laws of physics dictate a loss of energy in each step through this cycle, if it's possible to give a human the energy to survive it's possible to use that energy more efficiently at its source. Always. No exception.

[@WhiteWolfDarkpaw]

Fan theory; Morpheus didn't understand the fields and towers properly. He thought they were for power, when in actuality humans are used for the computing power of the brain. Every single human is networked together and essentially are used as a Beowulf Cluster for the Machines. This has allowed the Machines to reach a level of processing they can't achieve otherwise. All that waste energy, however.... such as the heat, could potentially be reclaimed. Perhaps that's why Morpheus believes we're used as batteries.

[@TYANTOWERS]

@@WhiteWolfDarkpaw IMO this was the one flaw in the premise. It is such a small change to make - to use humans for computing power - and it would have fixed everything

[@dracomaster4]

Living in a simulation, if technology can create a simulation, and we haven't created a perfect simulation, we're either at the bottom of a nested simulation that hasn't created one, or we're at the top who is in the natural world. Don't know if that makes sense.

[@Shilohpreston]

Hi, Ollie, I studied the same. Here's my (over) 100 films of must watch list. Most of them are classics, but some are of my personal choice. Have fun watching them. The Birth of Nation (1915) Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916) The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari (1919) Metropolis (1927) Andalusian Dog (1929) Duel In The Sun (1946) The Treasure of Sierra Madre" (1948) Key Largo (1948) Rashomon (1950) Shane (1953) East of Eden (1955) Elevator to the Gallows (1958) The Seventh Seal (1957) Wild Strawberries (1957) 3:10 To Yuma (1957) The 400 Blows (1959) - original "Les Quatres Cents Coupes" means also "Permanent Troubles". This film has five sequels: "Antoine and Colette", "Love at 20." "Stolen Kisses", "Mariage" and "Love on the Run". Rio Bravo (1959) Breathless (1960) Sweet Life (1960) Village of the Damned (1960) - adptation of John Wyndham's novel, re-adaptated by John Carpenter in 1995 The Magnificent Seven (1960) Yojimbo (1961) Ivan's Childhood (1962) The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) Kes (1963) The Haunting (1963) - adaptation of Shirley Jackson's novel, re-made in 1998 Billy Liar (1963) 8 1/2 (1963) Persona (1966) Contempt (1963) Belle De Jour (1963) Let's Rob The Bank (1964) The Troops of St. Tropez (1964) The Chase (1966) Fahrenheit 451 (1966), adaptation of Ray Bradbury's Novel The Graduate (1967) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Planet of the Apes (1968) Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972) Don't Torture A Duckling (1972) The Discreet Charm of Burgeoise (1972) The Phantom of Liberty (1974) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) The Wing and the Thigh (1974) Assault on Precint 13 (1976) Halloween (1978) Chineese Syndrome (1979) Phantasm (1979) and four sequels (1988, 1994, 1998 and 2016) Midnight Express (1978) The Changeling (1979) City of the Living Dead (1980) The Beyond (1980) The House By The Cemetery (1981) The Fog (1980) Permanent Vacations (1980) The Shining (1980) adaptation of Stephen King's novel, hated by the writer, re-made into a tv series 1997, with King's own script. On Golden Pond (1981) Nighthawks (1981) American Werewolf In London (1981) Chariots of Fire (1981) Tron (1982) Poltergeist (1982) Tender Mercies (1982) Children of the Corn (1984) 2010: A Space Odyssey (1984) Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) Runaway Train (1985) Ran (1985) The Hitcher (1986) Prince of Darkness (1987) Wanted Dead or Alive (1988) Night on Earth (1991) Scent of a Woman (1991) L.A. Story (1991) The Man Without A Face (1993) Burnt By The Sun (1994) Nell (1994) The Prophecy (1995), european edition version (better) is titled "God's Army" In the Mouth of Madness (1995) The Lost Highway (1997) The sweet Hereafter (1997) Deconstructing Harry (1998) Mimic (1997) Broken Arrow (1996) Breakdown (1997) Fucking Amal (1998) - Lukas Moodyson full-lenght debut The Faculty (1998) Run Lola Run (1998) The Cider House Rules (1999) Ghost Dog (1999) The Insider (1999) based on true events Everything About My Mother (1999) Pay It Forward (2000) based on the novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde Chocolate (2000) Traffic (2000) The Shipping News (2001) based on the novel by Annie Proulx Frailty (2001) The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001) Mulholand Drive (2001) Dark Blue (2002) Darkness (2002) Heaven (2002) The Identity (2003) The Return (2003) The Forth Floor (2003) Brothers (2004) Mean Creek (2005) The Secret Life of Words (2005) The Garden (2006) Inland Empire (2006) Driving Lessons (2007) In A Better World (2010)

[@Xlivesforever]

i know some will tell you to avoid some and watch others i think you should watch all of them and form an opinion for yourself they all have good and iffy parts even if you choose not to watch them all im glad you enjoyed this one and i always look forward to more :)

[@pricemoore2022]

Awesome reaction of my favorite The Matrix movie!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊

[@dracomaster4]

I appreciate you giving the explanation for why you are watching this as well as that you already saw it. I hate when the title says First Time Watching and it isn't, and I think that re-watching the first one because you're queueing up the sequels which you've never seen is a really good idea.

[@danielb7904]

If I remember, supposedly morphious told Cypher he was the one when he got him out of the matrix . I think that's why he was ok with betraying them

[@Bobishkisan]

For a truly wonderful film and in my opinion one of the greatest with Hugo as lead character, I strongly recommend V for Vendetta as a good choice to react to, I'm sure you will enjoy it on many levels. And Hugo is outstanding.

[@wrdreacts4247]

We are the Borg. If Enterprise E didn't follow them back.

[@Jeremy-83]

That bullet time dodge was great. It costed them thousands of dollars to do what you did with an editor 😂

[@CrownlessKing88]

They WERE the Wachowski Brothers, they have since Transitioned, and are now the Wachowski Sisters.

[@-M0LE]

You cannot change your gender your chromosomes do not lie

[@mattyeager7679]

Nah.

[@jerodast]

They just go by The Wachowskis I believe, which certainly makes it simpler for everyone.

[@rubenarias6538]

Yes and the last matrix was just 1 sister.

[@CrownlessKing88]

@@jerodast well, yes, true, I should have said the just go by the Wachowskis now, but they are now sisters haha

[@T291]

Greetings from Finland man!!! Awesome reaction and cannot wait to see your reaction to Matrix Reloaded witch is the best sequel after Terminator judgment day if you ask me!!! Have you ever thought that what if we are really awake when we are asleep and the other way around.. So are we really living in a dream world??? "i'll be back" 😎

[@mattalki]

While I didn't like Reloaded or Revolutions much, Resurrections was actually not bad and made the other two sequels 'better'. I think it unnecessarily gets a lot of hate.

[@MI-hz1cp]

And did anyone ever realize even then that The Matrix would actually be real life of what's happening now?

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thank you, Oliver! 🌐

[@rebajleonard]

17:07 Yep, I 'm afraid it's Duracell...

[@dracomaster4]

I'd watch the fourth movie, I loved it but a lot hated it. I think because like Hocus Pocus 2, so many people have a nostalgia about it that the sequel will never live up to, but it was so meta and didn't take itself seriously which I liked, but I get why people wanted a more serious matrix sequel.

[@theadamabrams]

27:56 They're not Changelings 😆. Or T-1000s. 37:32 Ok, you got there. Anyway, yeah, this movie holds up incredibly well. Really awesome. 44:41 Yes, there are two more. There's also _The Matrix Resurrections_ (2021), which is markedly worse.

[@renx81]

AI is not "just starting up". AI existed even when this film was made 25 years ago. AI is just starting to boom currently though. It's like the internet. It was invented in the 70s, but it really only boomed into the world in the 90s.

[@sydneybristow5588]

You were correct the first time. It's the Wachowski sisters. They transitioned since the movie.

[@nicks.5552]

Men can’t be women, and women can’t be men. Go ahead and delete this comment, but truth is still truth no matter how much you lie.

[@stevegoldy2196]

I am looking forward to your reactions of the sequels. The Matrix Reloaded is very underrated IMO and Revolutions is also good despite neither being able to reach the heights of the original. I'm glad you have decided to skip part 4 though, i thought that was a bad movie and hard to get through

[@shawnsiref9271]

I had such low expectations when this movie was announced and before it was released. I honestly thought it was just Reeves attempting another Johnny Mnemonic, which was a huge disappointment following Speed. Almost like he had this strange obsession with the sci-fi internet genre, which was all the craze back in the 90s. I was so glad the film actually turned out to be good.

[@user-vb5tq2kv1q]

Constantine another Keanu you should react to, I promise you will love it

[@wrdreacts4247]

I hope you do end up watching 4, its surprisingly good. But, I liked Star Trek 5....

[@-M0LE]

Maybe the *_BEST_* movie ever made

[@Icypenguigo]

You should watch the Animatrix before you watch the sequels! Oh and the Wachowskis were known as brothers back when this movie came out, but they have both come out as trans women in the years since. So calling them the Wachowski sisters is accurate now! Also, it is cool to note that this movie has been viewed for years as an allegory for a transgender identity, even before the Wachowskis came out as trans themselves! And "simulation hypothesis" is a real thing that philosophers have pondered. Could we be living in a perfect simulation? It's interesting to think about, but it's not plausible for a lot of reasons. In case you want to look into it for yourself: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis

[@poolhall9632]

I was trying to place your nationality from your previous videos and I guess I didn't notice it or you didn't mention it. You use the phrase "oh my days" which I've only ever heard from English people. It makes a lot more sense now

[@brooos]

The Wachowski's were brothers but one of them transitioned to being a sister. So you were half right.

[@Alan_Hero]

Maybe just watch the 4th movie in your own time and talk about at the end of the 3rd one. Great reaction

[@rubensalvador9422]

Please watch Dark City. It came a year before Matrix. Enough said. :)

[@davemchard1530]

In 2069 I'll be 100, I hope I live that long, right now I hope we all do. Considering you've seen this before, it's one of your best reactions. 👏

[@renx81]

Are you sure? If we don't cure all the issues that come with old age, I'm not sure most people over 80 today would even want to live for another 20 years. I'm only in my 40s and honestly I'm already getting tired of this shit.

[@davemchard1530]

@@renx81 You do you, or not.

[@renx81]

@@davemchard1530 Weak fucking copout.

[@renx81]

@@davemchard1530 Awesome argument.

[@davemchard1530]

@@renx81 What exactly did you want me to say to such an arbitrary comment? I already stated my case in my original comment and I can't speak for people I don't know. Maybe you should try, oh I don't know, looking on the bright side of life.

[@silikon2]

If you stop with this one, you'll be a lot happier.

[@-M0LE]

Exactly the next two were just cash cows

[@BigGator5]

"You hear that Mr. Anderson?... That is the sound of inevitability... It is the sound of your death... Goodbye, Mr. Anderson..." "My name... is Neo." Fun, deep film. This movie is about free will and breaking free of the machine. Unfortunately, the second and third movies (while watchable) are philosophically inconsistent with this movie. The fourth movie is absolute garbage and completely unwatchable. I can't stop you from watching them, just be prepared to be disappointed in them. Fun Fact: Theatrical movie debut of Tamara Brown. Mythology Fact: In Greek mythology, Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) is the god of dreams. The One Fact: To prepare for the scene where Neo wakes up in a pod, Keanu Reeves lost fifteen pounds and shaved his whole body to give Neo an emaciated look. Set Malfunction Fact: After the lobby shoot-out, the camera pans back, showing the aftermath of the gunfight. A moment passes, and a large chunk of one of the pillars falls off. This was not planned, but was left in for comedic effect. Not A Snowflake Fact: Carrie-Anne Moss twisted her ankle while shooting one of her scenes, but decided not to tell anyone until after filming, so they wouldn't re-cast her. Carrie-Anne Moss performed the shots featuring Trinity at the beginning of the film, and all the wire stunts throughout, herself. Sunglasses Enthusiast Fact: The iconic sunglasses worn by the Matrix characters are from the "Blinde" label, which prides itself on producing handmade glasses. The company's founder, Richard Walker, had to tender against large companies, such as Ray-Ban and Arnette, to win the film's sunglasses contract, and set himself apart by scratch-designing pairs of glasses based purely on the characters' unusual names. When his tender was successful, Walker was flown into Sydney where he spent the duration of the Matrix shoot custom-designing sunglasses for the cast in the back of an Oxford Street optometrist.

[@v8matey]

Have you also watched The AniMatrix?

[@qwerty-so6ml]

Exodus 13:12 That thou shalt set apart unto the Lord all that openeth THE MATRIX, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the Lord's.

[@1972myc]

You got to watch the #4"Resurrection" movie ,otherwise you will be left empty and disappointed by the end of the third movie, with lots of unanswered questions.

[@renx81]

Does that really answer any of those questions? Moreover, do we really "need" all the questions answered? Personally, having seen only the original trilogy, I've always felt plenty satisfied.

[@1972myc]

@@renx81 Yes it does. Good for you.

[@renx81]

@@1972myc Ok. What about my second question? I feel like many of us feel just too entitled these days. It used to be a good thing when stories left things up to interpretation.

[@themotleycollector]

It's too bad you really liked Tank (the "Operator") because you won't be seeing him any more. (Not a spoiler!) The actor got really full of himself and made excessive demands of the studio for the next film, and they canned him. He only rates a throwaway line in that one. (FWIW, I liked him too.) The next two movies further the storyline but don't match the quality of storytelling in this one. Alternately spectacular and really bad effects.

[@Gavin-Hewitt]

Just dont watch 4..... wtf happened there 2 and 3, so so , worth of a watch

[@sarcasticstartrek7719]

The Wachowskis used to be sisters. Now they are brothers.

[@cashflowhustles]

And yes COMPLETELY AVOID Part 4. Just forget it ever happened. 🤣 Yes it's that horrible at least IMO.

[@x3mslayer]

I'm pretty sure Wachowskis were both brothers and sisters :D

[@pennycopperhatch9315]

Make sure to SKIP the last Matrix movie....it was horrible....it made Matrix 3 look good....lol

[@medieval420]

Neo is an INTP ( Logician ), one of the 16 MBTI personalities. Morpheus is an ENFP, Cipher is an ESTP, Trinity is an ISTP, agent smith is an ISTJ, the two goofs with agent smith are INFJ'S, Tank is an ESFJ. The Oracle is an INFJ. The Architect in Reloaded is INTJ. look into the 16 MBTI personalities, and find where you belong in this world along with everyone else. Also, this is loosely based on Plato's Allegory of the Cave written 380 b.c.

[@renx81]

Why are we dropping pop pseudopsychology that has nothing to do with this film? Might as well get into astrology here. What star signs are Neo and Trinity?

[@medieval420]

@@renx81 do some extensive research and connect the dots

[@renx81]

@@medieval420 What research? You could research astrology all you want and connect many dots, wouldn't make it any more valid as a science. In fact, our overactive capability of connecting the dots is why it exists in the first place.

[@medieval420]

@renx81 google 16 MBTI personalities, take the test, read everything it says about your personality. KZbin it. My guess is that since I've had to respond to you twice now, it tells me more than likely that you're one of the Sentinels. Pretty damn simple-minded they is. ignorant, just do what the hierarchy says.

[@renx81]

@@medieval420 I don't need to google it, I already know what this pseudoscience is. That's why I replied to your stupid-ass comment in the first place.

[@benjaminguzman8645]

I have to be honest I'm not a fan of these movies I don't like the character Neo and the dialogue is pretentious.

[@yannhollister9091]

Probably the most overrated movie of all time.

[@NoMoneyG]

The Wachowski's used to be 'Brothers'. Both are now 'Sisters'. Unless they changed again? It's hard to keep up anymore in today's world. Great reaction!

[@ProdSangreNueva]

Sisters ? 😅

[@intrinsical]

Matrix 2, 3, 4 are not worth watching.

[@plastique45]

The Wachowski Brothers, not sisters.